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The post office and general stores are still at the same site today at the summit of the hill and near the crossroads (though the proprietors have changed).

Beyond the cows, the hill is the site of the original castle motte. Beyond that are the houses along Burley Road.

All Saints' Church stands proudly at the top of a sharp double bend and hill on the A607 road going towards Lincoln from Grantham.

The view from the gritstone escarpment of the Ravenstones above Cross Hills, near Keithley, overlooks the broad Aire Valley and towards the distant limestone uplands of Craven.

In the 19th century, a railway brought Brendon Hills iron ore here for shipment to Wales. In the 20th century, ships brought in esparto grass for the town's paper mills.

Taken from Overton Hill, this view shows the town with the Mersey estuary in the distance beyond the sand dunes. It is from here that the Sandstone Trail now begins.

This tall limestone pillar stands above the quarries on Leckhampton Hill, not far from Cheltenham.

Perched on a windy hill a mile or two north of Portscatho, Gerrans has been called a 'plain-looking village'.

This illustrious town, often called the gateway to Cornwall, crowns the dark hill that rises from the valley of the tiny River Kensey.

Peveril Castle stands on a hill 260ft above the village, yet despite its looks it was far from impregnable; it was even in Scottish hands for a number of years.

It was originally built as a chapel in the 12th century; the present commanding building on its hill overlooking the village mainly dates from the 15th century.

The photographer is standing on Monks Hill, looking down the winding road that leads to the centre of the original village.

Built on a hill, Downham Market has extensive views over the River Ouse and the fens.

Eastchurch has always had a link with aviation: the RAF had an aerodrome here, and the Royal Aero Club was based at Stanford Hill – it later became an open prison.

Beyond Bosley Reservoir, the Cloud is the name given to the hill in the distance.

In the distance are the trees of Merks Hill - itself a known site of Roman habitation - and on our left is the ribbon development that had started creeping along this road in the 1920s.

There are many memorials in the 400-year-old building to walkers and climbers who have met their deaths on England's highest hills.

The zigzag paths on what was once known as Capstan Hill were cut in 1894.

In the mid 19th century the wealthy Rev John Lance built himself a large vicarage and replaced the small 15th-century church with one so large that it was nicknamed the 'Cathedral of the Blackdown Hills

Legend relates that the original site for the priory church was on the nearby St Catherine's Hill, a splendid view- point overlooking the town.

Crown Hill was the setting for an unusual wager in 1936: a Grays confectioner was bet that he could not cycle backwards up the 1-in-7 road.

Station Road is readily recognisable as it drops away from the underground station towards Hale Lane and Mill Hill.

In the background are the hills which lead up to Otley's most famous landmark, The Chevin.

views (below and pages 40-41) up and down Church Street would have been familiar to Dylan Thomas, who lived near New Quay in 1944, and to many visitors, who have to park their cars at the top of the hill